Androscoggin County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 98,855 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,495 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,280 5.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,326 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,110 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 328 0.3%

• Under 18 23,588 20.8%
• 18–24 10,989 9.7%
• 25–44 27,986 24.7%
• 45–64 29,401 25.9%
• 65 and over 21,459 18.9%

Median household income

$68,642

90% interval $65,961–$71,323

−$7,730 vs ME · 8th of 16

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 10.0%–14.0%

+1.4 pp vs ME · 7th of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.0B

7.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,240

Establishments

3,558

• Education & health services 15,164 31.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,537 21.8%
• Professional & business services 5,034 10.4%
• Manufacturing 4,954 10.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,081 8.4%
• Financial activities 1,718 3.6%
• Public administration 1,354 2.8%
• Other services 1,067 2.2%
• Construction 192 0.4%
• Information 50 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.9%

−6.4 pp vs ME · 16th of 16

Median gross rent

$1,010

−$129 vs ME · 9th of 16

Owner-occupied

31,865

Renter-occupied

15,088

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $77,151/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,851/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 30,605 52.0%
• Democratic 27,019 45.9%
• Other / third-party 1,223 2.1%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,674 5.3%
• Spanish 1,060 1.0%
• Arabic 517 0.5%
• Chinese 362 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 191 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 183 0.2%
• Vietnamese 106 0.1%
• Tagalog 68 0.1%
• Korean 35 0.0%

Households

46,953

Family households

28,421

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,007

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

2,702

9.5% of families

Veterans

7,472

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 29,327 26.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,725 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,151 4.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,092 2.8%
• Black Protestant 126 0.1%
• Orthodox 120 0.1%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.7 pp

11th of 16

With a disability

17.5%

±0.8 pp

8th of 16

Bachelor's or higher

23.4%

±1.3 pp

−12.8 pp vs ME · 13th of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.4%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Androscoggin County Superior Court

Judges

1 (Maine Superior Court Justice, approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. Maine has ~17 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 16 county branches under a unified bench (4 M.R.S. § 101), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 courts.maine.gov roster.)

Court seats

Auburn

Traffic fatalities

14

15.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13